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Originally Posted by Akurei
I like both Rain & Boa. But I think he deserves to be their instead of her. The Guy SOLD OUT EVER CONCERT HE HAD. Thailand, Japan, China, South Korea, and Nyc.
He Acts, Sings, and Models. Rain has been in so many industments I can't even name them all. Sure BoA does her Korean/Japanese music and all but Compared to Rain? I don't think soo.
No he's in the U.S JY Park introduced to to alot of people to make Rain. He is about to be modeling on the U.S label Sean John and with Diddy helping Rain out I know he's going to go far. Everyone knows Diddy goes FAR for Money.
I just don't think it right that people say he doesn't deserve to be here and say such and Such belongs their instead of him just because you personally feel that why? So really tell me if Ayu or Hikki belongs there tell me how they shaped the world? Rain is HOT right now and he's about to release a Chinese single soon.
You can't stop him maybe they choose Rain because he was always on top and seemed to get better and better. He never feel off his game.
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I just don't think he's really "influential" that's all. It's good that he's going to the States and all but I don't think that's influential... If TIME only noticed him because of the MSG concerts, then that's dumb, cos I know many Chinese entertainers who have sold out their shows when they come here to North America.
I dunno, I think I just have a different perspective in what I see as influential. Rain had to do acting in Full House before he got the attention in Asia (mind you, his last drama did bad in Korea). As for BoA, she didn't need to do acting, she didn't need to sing in English or w/e, all she did was just work in Japan/Korea (and sometimes China) and still have her popularity equal to/greater than Rain's popularity. There's also been countless "BoA#2" and she's the one of the people who are helping brdige the gaps between Chinia-Korea-Japn. Ayu also, she didn't have to sing in another language or act to gain attention outside of Japan yet she has tens of thousands of young girls follow her trends etc. and also have singers who want to be like her. And both Ayu and BoA also have tens of thousands of fans worldwide. Both BoA and Ayu did a lot less and their popularity is still equal/greater than Rain's who had to do so much more to get this kind of popularity. That's why I think BoA and Ayu are more influential than Rain.
As for Hikki, I admit, I only put her there cos she did release an English Album and she did chart on Billboard... plus I think she has the best selling album in Asia.
But if I was in TIME, I would have just stopped at Ang Lee.
I agree with SunshineSlayer/greggerz189. Rain isn't as big in Japan as TIME wrote it to be.